tender mercy - an exploration with the inner child
when we finally met
it felt like I knew you
the ease at which our pain ceased
in those early days together,
made way for many possibilities
later, pain emerged
we caused it in each other,
worked out our demons,
we drudged up, dragged out
pushed and pulled
until
there was no ugliness left unloved
then, a kind of softening
a peaceful contentedness
known only by the journey through hardship
now, aligned
lovingkindness resides
a place for us both
